Desja — girls' name
26 babies named Desja in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
26 girls have been named Desja since 1995, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2000.
- 26
- total births
- 1995–2000
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 81%
- born in that decade
81% of everyone ever named Desja was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Desja in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Desja
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Desja between 1995 and 2000, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Desja currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Desja performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Desja shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Desja in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 26 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Desja at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Desja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1995
- Peak year (1995)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
26 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 7 births in a single year.
Desja by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 21 births that decade — 81% of Desja's all-time total
Desja decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Desja's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 81% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.